With the introduction of an as-yet-unnamed new team to come into the NHL for the 2017-18 season, the Buffalo Sabres – and the other 29 current NHL teams – will be faced with an NHL expansion draft before we know it.
With this, the Buffalo Sabres will have to make some decisions as to which players they choose to protect in the draft, and which ones they expose for potential drafting by the Las Vegas <insert team name here>. (Side note: I like the Aces as a name. Saw that one thrown out there on Twitter yesterday – although the Black Knights would also be fantastic.